Which Cycling Training Zone Creates the Biggest Performance Boost?
Zone 2 training has found great support amongst cyclists due to the success of its most famous advocate, Dr Inigo San Millan and his prodigy Tadej Pogacar. However not all coaches feel so strongly about the polarised training regime which matches the majority of low intensity work with a small amount of very high intensity work.
Recently, Olav Aleksander Bu who has coached Olympic and World champion triathletes has spoken out in favour of a more balanced training regimen which specifically incorporates mid intensity training in Zone 3.
Where do these philosophies agree, and how do they differ? After an off-hand comment by one of my cycling club buddies that our group rides were of no training benefit, I decided to find out what these 2 experts say on the topic.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:07 Club rides are Zone 3 and 4
01:42 The Two Experts
02:12 Inigo San Millan
04:26 Olav Aleksander Bu
07:26 Summary
08:22 My Take